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🇮🇳🇵🇰 Recent geopolitical developments between India and Pakistan have brought significant military and diplomatic actions to the forefront. – 17 May 2025

By DPA Newsroom | May 17, 2025

The Indian government has reopened the Wagah-Attari border for Afghanistan transit trucks, effectively resuming crucial trade routes that had been disrupted for weeks. This move is particularly important as it facilitates the movement of goods and demonstrates India’s commitment to maintaining regional stability. In a noteworthy response to escalating tensions, India has launched Operation Sindoor,…

[ Press Release ] IMDEX Asia 2025 returns with a focus on innovation and technology

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | May 6, 2025

SINGAPORE, 5 May 2025 – IMDEX Asia 2025, Asia’s leading naval and maritime defence event, is  back for its 14th edition. With a special focus on maritime technology innovation and artificial  intelligence (AI), this year’s event is expected to host a record of more than 12,500 attendees from  over 70 countries and regions with more…

Twenty-First Century Artillery: What Can We Learn From the War in Ukraine?

By Robert Simon | December 3, 2024

The war in Ukraine, as the first high-intensity near-symmetrical conflict of the 21st century, has offered some critical lessons on modern warfare and the use of artillery systems, whose role is constantly evolving in a technologically advanced battlefield, where traditional firepower is enhanced by tools like drones and precision-guided systems. The conflict underscores the importance…

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Fighter jets donation deal off! Poland, Bulgaria and Slovakia rejected request to give Ukraine their Russian-made planes

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | March 1, 2022

In a stunning reversal of what would be the most dramatic military aid to Ukraine from European Union, Ukrainian pilots that had arrived in Poland to take control of the donated fighter planes will leave empty handed as the 3 European countries that still fly Russian made planes similar to Ukraine had all rejected to…

Germany finally stop their military rot: promising to keep defense spending above NATO’s 2% GDP requirement

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | February 27, 2022

Germany, one of the country specifically called out by former US President Donald Trump, for failing to meet NATO requirement of annual defense spending of at least 2% of the GDP, has finally committed officially to keep it’s defense spending over 2% of GDP immediately. This is the most significant shift in Germany’s policy when…

Ukrainian president announces general mobilization of all conscripts and reservists within 90 days

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | February 25, 2022

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky had ordered a general military mobilization through out Ukraine. The mobilization will be carried out within 90 days, and expect to provide the government with personnel, vehicles, infrastructure and land use for the defense operations. All male citizens between 18-60 will be banned from leaving the country. Local government officials would…

Zelenskyy calls on all citizens with military experience to “join the defence of Ukraine”

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | February 24, 2022

Sky News@SkyNews·15m Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls on all citizens with military experience to “join the defence of Ukraine”, and asks for people to donate blood as there are “wounded soldiers in hospitals”. I thought he said his military was stronger than it was 8 years ago? Now he is asking civilians to suicide. And…

Putin announces “Special Operation” – multiple Ukrainian cities reported explosions

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | February 24, 2022

Explosions were reported across multiple cities in Ukraine, including Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odessa and Mariupol. There are also unverified reports that amphibious assault on Mariupol and Odessa. Mariupol is in Donetsk oblast. But if Russian troops lands in Odessa (which is west of Crimea), it would invalidate our assessment that this would just be a limited…

[ CNA ] RSAF to fly F-16 fighter jets for ‘at least’ another decade, following F-35 developments ‘closely’: Air force chief

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | February 15, 2022

“We will continue to operate these (F-16) fighter aircraft for at least another decade and are working towards replacing the F-16s at the end of their operational life,” MG Khong said in written responses to questions posed in conjunction with this year’s Singapore Airshow. MG Khong said the RSAF’s fleet of F-16C/Ds is being upgraded in phases,…

[ GovCon Wire ] State Department OKs $14B Boeing F-15 Aircraft Sale to Indonesia

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | February 12, 2022

The State Department has approved a potential sale to Indonesia of F-15 fighter aircraft built by Boeing (NYSE: BA) and associated equipment through an estimated $13.9 billion government-to-government agreement with the U.S. Indonesia’s foreign military sales request includes 36 F-15ID jets, 87 F110-GE-129 or F100-PW-229 engines, 92 embedded GPS security devices and 40 M61A Vulcan gun systems, the…

Indonesia signs 8.1 billion USD deal to buy 42 Rafale fighter jets from France

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | February 10, 2022

Indonesia had just confirmed and signed the 8.1 billion US dollar contract to buy 42, Rafale fighter jets from France’s Dassault Aviation SA. This is another big coup for Dassault after United Arab Emirates confirmed their purchase of 80 Rafales last December, following other earlier deals with Greece, Croatia and Egypt. The order comes with…

Video of F-35 crashing over South China Sea going viral – Watch it here

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | January 30, 2022

A video of the final approach of the F-35 that crashed and fallen into the South China Sea had went viral across the internet and had been reproduced and shared on social media platforms. DPA had acquired the footage and reproduced the clip in slow motion. From the short clip, it seems like the fighter…

[ MEMO ] Israel rejects selling Iron Dome defence system to UAE

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | January 29, 2022

Israeli security agencies have rejected selling the Iron Dome and David’s Sling Weapons System to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Israel Hayom and Maariv reported military analysts revealing on Friday. According to Maariv, military analyst Alon Ben David said that the Israeli security agencies rejected the potentiality to sell developed technologies to its new partners, referring to…

[ Sputnik ] Russia Offers India to Develop New Tank Based on Armata, Military Agency Says

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | January 29, 2022

Moscow has offered New Delhi to develop a new Indian combat tank on the basis of the Russian Armata platform, the spokeswoman for Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, Valeria Reshetnikova, told Sputnik. “Taking into account Indian military plans on starting the development of a new combat tank, in the framework of a recently held Russian-Indian…

Philippines signs 369.3 million USD deal with India to buy the BrahMos shore-based anti-ship cruise missiles

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | January 29, 2022

The Philippines’ Department of National Defense announced on the Philippines government news agency, that they had officially signed the contract for the acquisition of India’s BrahMos medum-range ramjet supersonic cruise missiles. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and BrahMos Aerospace director general Atul Dinkar Rane signed the contract worth PHP18.9 billion (estimated 369.3 million USD) in a…

[ Express ] Global tensions grow as Chinese rocket scientist defects to the West

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | January 29, 2022

Described as a rocket technician, the Chinese national was attached to the stateowned Aviation Industry Corp of China, where he helped develop a mid-range hypersonic boost-glide vehicle capable of carrying DF-17 missiles to a range of up to 2,000 miles. Sources say the scientist, in his 30s, is connected with a more recent hypersonic missile…

[ AP ] Russia threatens retaliation if Ukraine demands not met

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | January 26, 2022

Russia warned Wednesday it would quickly take “retaliatory measures” if the U.S. and its allies reject its security demands and continue their “aggressive” policies, ratcheting up pressure on the West amid concerns that Moscow is planning to invade Ukraine. Russia has repeatedly denied it has any such designs, but the United States and its NATO…

A Case for Increasing Singapore’s Participation in International Peacekeeping

By Ibrahim Conrad Abdullah | January 22, 2022

‘Military Operations Other Than War’ (MOOTW), also known as ‘Peace Support Operations’ (PSO)[1] encompasses operations that have been described by the United Nations’ ‘Supplement to an Agenda for Peace’[2] as ‘Instruments for Peace and Security’ that involve elements such as ‘peace-keeping’, ‘post-conflict peace-building’, and ‘preventive diplomacy and peacemaking’[3]. This article aims to argue that Singapore…

Milipol Asia-Pacific 2022 to be held on 18 – 20 May 2022 in Singapore

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | January 19, 2022

The region flagship security show that is officially supported by the Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs and France’s Ministry of Interior will be back this year at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre (Marina Bay Sands) in Singapore from 18 – 20th May 2022. The Asia-Pacific’s largest 3 day exhibition and conference covers multiple aspects…

UAE and Ukraine providing military support to Ethiopia in civil war against Tigray Defense Forces

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | November 26, 2021

According to an exclusive report by Al Jazeera, they had discovered by satellite images that Ethiopia is receiving extensive support in their fight against forces from the northern Tigray region. In their investigation, there were more than 90 flights between United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ethiopia between September and November 2021. A Spanish firm is…

[ DefenseNews ] Morocco buys Israeli counter-drone system Skylock Dome

By Wyatt Mingji Lim | November 26, 2021

The Moroccan military has purchased the Israeli counter-drone system Skylock Dome, according to a Nov. 21 post on the armed forces’ official Facebook page. “Some systems were delivered already, but there is no information about the value of the deal or the number of systems that have been acquired,” Moroccan military expert Abdel Hamid Harfi…

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